Trademark Objection Services in India by Legal Firm

Trademark Objection Services by Trade Marks India

The trademark of a company is a unique identity that distinguishes the company from other similar products or services in the market. For the protection of this, a trademark application has to be filed with MCA under the Trademark Act, 1999. This is a very crucial step as it provides a legal power to the company to maintain a unique and distinct identity.

But sometimes an objection is raised in the process of trademark registration, which is done by the trademark examiner. This process is known as Trademark objection and it involves objections to the trademark application due to certain reasons. The examiner does not deny the trademark application but asks for a proper justification of the mark and its registrability under the trademark Act, 1999. 

There can be several reasons for the creation of objection by the trademark examination:

• Filing of an incorrect form by the applicant concerning the class of the products or services leads to the raising of objection.
• Filling of incorrect name or address by the applicant can lead to objection.
• The logo or brand used in the application may hurt the religious sentiments of a certain community.
• The stark similarity of the proposed trademark with an already published trademark.
• When there is a failure in filing the TM-16 form along with the application form.
• When there is a use of Geographical Name(s) or International Proprietary Name(s). 

In the situation of a raised objection on the company trademark, a formal letter is issued in the name of the applicant company. They are provided a time frame of 30 days from the date of issuance of a letter. Within this time the applicants have to respond or else the trademark application can be rejected. The companies that have been issued the notice or letter of objection; they must contact a genuine legal firm like Trademark World. They comprise of some highly reputed lawyers who are expert in trademark objection services in India across the states. This firm has been providing its expert services for the past several years to assist its valuable clients.